Using WPF

[Marrocco]

It was stated in this forums that the graph uses the GDI+ drawing engine.
This can be a problem for applications plotting much data at a very fast rate.

Is Measurement Studio going to use the new Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) which again offers hardware acceleration?

[JonathanN]

Hi Christian,

We are currently looking into providing WPF support for Measurement Studio.  With that said, it would be nice if you could send me a product suggestion so we have your request on record. When you do send in that suggestion, if you could, please describe what controls (if you have specific ones) you would like to see implemented via WPF, reasons for wanting WPF (including your reason stated in the post), your application requirements, etc.

You are correct in saying that our .NET graph uses GDI+.  The performance issues you see with GDI+ are related to .NET in general rather than just Measurement Studio. However, what I would suggest you do is to take a look at the Optimizing Measurement Studio Windows Forms Graph .NET Controls topic in the NI Measurement Studio Help. It gives you recommendations of improving performance.

Hope this helps!

Best Regards,

[brownr21]

Native WPF support would be amazing.

[Marrocco]

I would like to encourage other users to also place a product suggestion regarding WPF describing their needs.

[energocentrum]

Hi Jonathan,
I am developing WPF application with NI measurement studio for .NET tools and I got big troubles with converting image into some WPF image format. Is there any way how to convert NationalInstruments.CWIMAQControls.CWIMAQImage to BitmapSource? Or is there any alternative to ActiveX viewer component (ActiveX component in WPF application is always topmost object due to WindowsFormsHost tag and it is unacceptable behavior in my application)?

Best Regards,
Jan Siroky, Energocentrum